Canada-Child and Family Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C11-2011-eng
Canada-Child and Family Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C11-2011-eng
Preocupación por la extensión del periodo de detención preventiva y las condiciones de detención de la juez María Lourdes Afiuni
La CIJ y Rechters voor Rechters (Jueces para Jueces) hoy expresaron su preocupación al conocer que una extensión de prisión preventiva ha sido emitida contra la juez venezolana. La juez Afiuni se encuentra detenida desde el 10 de diciembre de 2009 por actos cumplidos en el ejercicio de sus funciones como titular en el Circuito Judicial Penal del Área Metropolitana de Caracas.
Venezuela-extensión detención Afiuni-press release-2011 (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Lithium exploitation in Northern Argentina violates indigenous people’s rights
The ICJ is calling on the State of Argentina to take effective measures to protect the human rights of indigenous groups which have been adversely impacted by lithium exploration and exploitation.
End the forced evictions of campesino
The ICJ expressed its concern today at the violent forced eviction of some 300 members of the campesino community Nueva Esperanza in the Department of Petén, Guatemala.
The evictees, including children and elderly persons, were forced to take refuge in the mountains or forest and have been left without shelter and means of subsistence.
Guatemala-end the forced evictions of campesinos-press release-2011 (full text, PDF)
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